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North & Central America

5,832 species have research-grade observations in the Belize on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis963
  2. Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens954
  3. Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti802
  4. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus774
  5. Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus764
  6. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis647
  7. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons621
  8. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus587
  9. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl585
  10. Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio568

Plants

  1. Sore-mouth bush Palicourea tomentosa358
  2. Coconut palm Cocos nucifera305
  3. Tropical milkweed Asclepias curassavica289
  4. Cohune Palm Attalea cohune275
  5. Clamshell Orchid Prosthechea cochleata273
  6. Star of Bethlehem Hippobroma longiflora246
  7. Sea grape Coccoloba uvifera223
  8. Firebush Hamelia patens220
  9. Dog-tail cactus Deamia testudo208
  10. Vase bromeliad Aechmea bracteata206

Mammals

  1. Yucatán Black Howler Monkey Alouatta pigra1,011
  2. Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata472
  3. White-nosed Coati Nasua narica447
  4. Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi323
  5. Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso314
  6. Yucatán Squirrel Sciurus yucatanensis247
  7. Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus208
  8. West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus153
  9. Kinkajou Potos flavus126
  10. Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii125

Insects

  1. Banded Peacock Anartia fatima626
  2. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae371
  3. Pale Owl-Butterfly Caligo telamonius251
  4. Black Witch Ascalapha odorata232
  5. Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata231
  6. Hairy-headed leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes228
  7. Giant red-winged grasshopper Tropidacris cristata207
  8. Mexican Cycadian Eumaeus toxea179
  9. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera172
  10. Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia165

Spiders and kin

  1. Mexican Red-rump Tarantula Tliltocatl vagans322
  2. Slender Brown Scorpion Centruroides gracilis298
  3. Tiger Bromeliad Spider Cupiennius salei220
  4. Golden Silk Spider Trichonephila clavipes151
  5. Spinybacked Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis112
  6. Tropical Orbweaver Eriophora ravilla112
  7. Silver Garden Orbweaver Argiope argentata59
  8. Leucauge argyra55
  9. Gray Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus54
  10. Arrow-shaped Orbweaver Micrathena sagittata54

Reptiles

  1. Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ctenosaura similis2,261
  2. Brown Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus1,409
  3. Green Iguana Iguana iguana1,226
  4. Brown Anole Anolis sagrei600
  5. Morelet's Crocodile Crocodylus moreletii428
  6. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus376
  7. Central American Boa Boa imperator228
  8. Yucatán Banded Gecko Coleonyx elegans227
  9. Mesoamerican Slider Trachemys venusta220
  10. Red Coffee Snake Ninia sebae218

Amphibians

  1. Central American Gulf Coast Toad Incilius valliceps558
  2. Giant Toad Rhinella horribilis500
  3. Mexican Treefrog Smilisca baudinii368
  4. Taylor's Leaf Frog Agalychnis taylori201
  5. Browns' Leopard Frog Lithobates brownorum196
  6. Stauffer's Tree Frog Scinax staufferi185
  7. Yellow Treefrog Dendropsophus microcephalus147
  8. Sheep Frog Hypopachus variolosus101
  9. Vaillant's Frog Lithobates vaillanti90
  10. Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander Bolitoglossa mexicana84

Fish

  1. Atlantic Blue Tang Acanthurus coeruleus438
  2. Stoplight Parrotfish Sparisoma viride431
  3. Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum361
  4. Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda343
  5. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis337
  6. Bluestriped Grunt Haemulon sciurus293
  7. Grey Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus269
  8. Schoolmaster Snapper Lutjanus apodus265
  9. Striped Parrotfish Scarus iseri249
  10. French Grunt Haemulon flavolineatum214

Mollusks

  1. Queen Conch Aliger gigas183
  2. Flamingo Tongue Snail Cyphoma gibbosum104
  3. Caribbean Reef Squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea84
  4. Orthalicus princeps82
  5. Lettuce Sea Slug Elysia crispata58

How a trip works

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.